diff --git a/devel/p8-platform/Makefile b/devel/p8-platform/Makefile
index 2eb887dec228c..e47aa61eb6ecb 100644
--- a/devel/p8-platform/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p8-platform/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 PORTNAME=	p8-platform
 PORTVERSION=	2.1.0.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
+PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform/commit/
+PATCHFILES=	a7cd0d5780ed80a4e70480d1650749f29e8a1fb2.patch:-p1 # https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform/pull/45
+
 MAINTAINER=	mickael.maillot@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi
 WWW=		https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/platform
diff --git a/devel/p8-platform/distinfo b/devel/p8-platform/distinfo
index 6ac29a1a21d4c..9c65dd24f06b9 100644
--- a/devel/p8-platform/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p8-platform/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1518119944
+TIMESTAMP = 1685379774
 SHA256 (Pulse-Eight-platform-p8-platform-2.1.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 064f8d2c358895c7e0bea9ae956f8d46f3f057772cb97f2743a11d478a0f68a0
 SIZE (Pulse-Eight-platform-p8-platform-2.1.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 75257
+SHA256 (a7cd0d5780ed80a4e70480d1650749f29e8a1fb2.patch) = a8eb50cbe912faea48f3055d086ee21d6cb827c97d397246b03b87d24540d7a9
+SIZE (a7cd0d5780ed80a4e70480d1650749f29e8a1fb2.patch) = 1162
diff --git a/devel/p8-platform/pkg-descr b/devel/p8-platform/pkg-descr
index 020ec212cff0e..0f1006d0553d6 100644
--- a/devel/p8-platform/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/p8-platform/pkg-descr
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi
+This library provides platform specific support for other libraries, and
+is used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi.